џелат

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See also: целят

Macedonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛɫat]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: џе‧лат

Noun

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џелат (dželatm (plural џелати, relational adjective џелатски)

  1. executioner, hangman
    Synonyms: главосек (glavosek), главорез (glavorez), погубник (pogubnik), палач (palač), бесач (besač)
  2. (figuratively) tormentor, torturer

Declension

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References

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  • џелат” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جلاد (cellat), from Arabic جَلَّاد (jallād).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒělaːt/
  • Hyphenation: џе‧лат

Noun

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џѐла̄т m (Latin spelling džèlāt)

  1. (Bosnia, Serbia, regional) hangman, executioner
  2. (Bosnia, Serbia, regional) oppressor

Declension

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Further reading

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  • џелат”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2024